Night In Paradise (2020)

Night In Paradise (2020; aka Nagwonui bam) is good but not great, but it is an interesting South Korean movie that might have slipped past notice as a Netflix Original. Directed by Park Hoon-jung (screenwriter of I Saw The Devil), the film is like a meeting point between a violent gangster film and a slow […]

Nemesis (1992)

Nemesis (1992) is VHS-era low budget cyperpunk sci-fi action that rides off the energy of France’s ‘cinema du look’ and Hong Kong action cinema. It’s all people in shades firing two weapons at one another as they jump out of windows from abandoned buildings out in the middle of picturesque wastelands. Directed by Albert Pyun, […]

Time And Tide (2000)

After recently enjoying Hong Kong director Tsui Hark’s collaborations with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Double Team and Knock Off, for their visual kinetic energy and their “what the fuck” madcap action, it was a welcome surprise to discover his return to Hong Kong action cinema, Time and Tide (2000), was available on Netflix in Australia. Now […]

Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

That craggy, beaten face is first seen hiding behind a big pair of dark shades, a wide smile accentuated by a moustache, playing piano in a dive bar, looking to make visitors smile and sing along in order to fill that bowl with cash tips. While apparently Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) […]

In Hell (2003)

If you liked Shawshank Redemption but wanted more bare knuckled fights with Russian dudes who look like Thanos, then welcome to the direct-to-DVD Jean-Claude Van Damme film, In Hell (2003), the last of his three movies with Hong Kong director Ringo Lam. This is more of a brutal drama than an action movie, set in […]